Necktie-fastener.



PATENTED AUG. 16, 1904.

W. G. DOYLE.

NECKTIE FASTENER. APPLICATION FILED JULY 15. 1903.

N0 MODEL.

UNITED STATES Patented August 16, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE. I

WILLIAM C. DOYLE, OF ASPEN, COLORADO.

NECKTlE-FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 767,474, dated August 16, 1904. Application filed ly 15,1903. Serial No. 165,579. (No model.)

' 772 mm, it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM (J. DOYLE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Aspen, in the county of Pitkin and State of Colorado, have invented a new and useful N ecktie-Fastener, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to neckties, and particularly to the class known as bow-ties, and has for its objects to produce a simple inexpensive device of this character in which the neckband may be readily adjusted around the collar and manipulated for drawing the latter snugly to the neck and one in which the band may be readily secured to retain it in adjusted position and prevent its free end riding above the coat-collar.

To these ends the invention comprises the novel features of construction and combination of parts more fully hereinafter described.

In the accompanying drawing the figure illustrates a rear perspective view of the collar having my improved device applied thereto.

Referring to the drawing, 1 designates a necktie comprising a bow 2 and a neckband composed of sections 3 and 4, attached to and extending in opposite directions from the bow, said sections being adapted in practice to pass around a collar 5, such as herein shown or of other preferred style.

The neckband-section 3 is provided at its outer terminal with an eye or loop 6, preferably composed of metal and permanently attached to the section by folding and stitching its end around one side bar of the loop, which, as herein shown, is of substantially rectangular form.

The band-section 4 is of suitable length for its free end to be passed through the loop 6 and folded back upon itself around the other bar of said loop, when after being properly adjusted for drawing the collar snugly to the neck said section is secured in its adjusted position by a suitable securing member, preferably in the form of a spring-clip 7, as herein shown, which is wholly independent of and free from connection with said band-section. This securing member engages beneath the collar and secures the band-section adjacent to the terminal of the backwardly-folded portion, thus preventing the tie riding upward upon the collar or the end of the band-section rising above the collar of the coat.

From the foregoing it is apparent that the tie may be readily positioned and adjusted by the simple operation of passing the end of section 4: through the loop and drawing upon said end until the requisite degree of tension has been obtained, when the end may be secured in the manner and for the purpose above set forth. In attaining these ends it is to be understood that I do not limit myself to the precise details herein shown and described, inasmuch as minor changes may be made without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is A necktie comprising a bow and a neckband, the latter consisting of a .pair of sections adapted to embrace a collar, an eye or loop provided adjacent to the outer end of one of the sections, the outer end of the other section being adapted to be inserted and drawn through said loop for adjusting and tightening the band around the collar, and a fastening member for securing the end of the second section after such adjustment and for engagement with the bottom edge of the collar to prevent riding of the band on the latter, said member being wholly independent of and free from connection with the said section.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto afiixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

WVILLIAM O. DOYLE. WVitnesses:

C. W. JoHNsoN, JOSEPH KELLY. 

